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> [“The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect the racial factor as merely incidental as an error only less grave than to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clr-james/the-race-question-is-subsidiary-to-the-class-question-in-politics-and-2/)

CLR James

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## More by CLR James

> [“Thousands of brave black soldiers were dead for no other crime than that of refusing to be slaves once more. The colony was devastated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clr-james/thousands-of-brave-black-soldiers-were-dead-for-no-other-crime-than/)

CLR James

> [“The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clr-james/the-race-question-is-subsidiary-to-the-class-question-in-politics-and-2/)

CLR James

> [“The prejudice of race is superficially the most irrational of all prejudices, and by a perfectly comprehensible reaction the Paris workers, from indifference in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clr-james/the-prejudice-of-race-is-superficially-the-most-irrational-of-all/)

CLR James

> [“When Rochambeau put to death 500 at Le Cap and buried them in a large hole dug while they waited for execution, Dessalines raised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clr-james/when-rochambeau-put-to-death-500-at-le-cap-and-buried-them-in-a-large/)

CLR James

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